Gift to Nature » ventnor http://www.gifttonature.org.uk/g2n Isle of Wight Conservation Partnership Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 These boots were made for walking … http://www.gifttonature.org.uk/g2n/2010/05/these-boots-were-made-for-walking/ http://www.gifttonature.org.uk/g2n/2010/05/these-boots-were-made-for-walking/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 14:20:03 +0000 Tracy http://www.gifttonature.org.uk/g2n/?p=1362 For anyone who feels like having a stroll this weekend, take your pick from forest, downs, bays or rockpools;

Red Squirrel Safari Quest – 22nd May

Collect your question sheet at the car park and follow the map and clues around the Red Squirrel Safari, hopefully spotting red squirrels bounding along the tree tops as you go.

Start: 2:00pm Parkhurst Forest car park Grid Ref: 479 900 Bus: 7,Gunville Forest Corner

Duration: 2hrs 2 miles Cost: Suggested £2 donation to Gift to Nature Contact: Sam Buck Tel: (01983) 200074

Booking not required

Over the Top – 22nd May

Departing Newport bus station, we walk over Mount Joy and Chillerton Down via Carisbrooke Castle then on to Shorwell. Here we take the No 7 bus back to Newport.
Start: 11:00am Newport bus station Bus: 7, Newport bus station
Duration: 3hrs 6 miles Cost: Donation to Gift to Nature (plus bus fare) Contact: Jon & Jill Buck Tel: 07970 875637

Booking not required

Darwin’s Origin Walk – 23rd May

Darwin wrote the first chapter of the Origin of Species on the Island -find out more in a walk along Sandown Bay.
Start: 11:00am Outside seaside entrance to Ocean Hotel Sandown
Grid Ref: 600 841 Bus: 2,3,8,10, Sandown High Street
Duration: 3.5hrs 5 miles Cost: Donation to Gift to Nature
Contact: Rowan Adams Tel: (01983) 298098

Booking advised

Rockpool Magic – 23rd May
Come and explore one of the best rockpool shores in the country the famous Bembridge Ledges. Bring a net and expect to get a bit wet (but only paddling).
Start: 11:30am Bembridge Lifeboat Station Foreland
Grid Ref: 657 880 Duration: 3hrs Cost: £2 Donation to Gift to Nature
Contact: Ian Boyd Tel: (01983) 298098
Booking not required

]]> http://www.gifttonature.org.uk/g2n/2010/05/these-boots-were-made-for-walking/feed/ 0 Gift to Nature project featured on BBC http://www.gifttonature.org.uk/g2n/2009/11/gift-to-nature-project-featured-on-bbc/ http://www.gifttonature.org.uk/g2n/2009/11/gift-to-nature-project-featured-on-bbc/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:29:35 +0000 Tracy http://www.gifttonature.org.uk/g2n/?p=1207 wall-lizardOur Director Ian Boyd was enthusing about our iconic Wall Lizards on the BBC this week.

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